The singer, who early this year launched her fourth album Nalliah<\/a>, said the meeting mostly focused on promotion of artists and networking among artists and other key stakeholders.<\/p>\n\u201cIt was an eye opener because I learnt new skills on how festivals are organised in Africa and Europe. As an artists\u2019 manager and artist, I benefited a lot through the links I made and I am happy to have managed to get two managers, who will manage me internationally through the same event,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Apart from managing artists such as Organised Family from Zambia, Wendy has also been part of the organising team for the annual Sand Music Festival.<\/p>\n
The Visa for Music meet started with an opening parade in the streets, according to moroccoworldnews.com.<\/p>\n
Media reports indicate that the Visa for Music meet is initiated in partnership with the Hiba Foundation and the Ministry of Culture and Communication.<\/p>\n
It brings together artists, professional organisations, record companies and cultural institutions from different regions.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s edition saw performances from music gurus such as rapper Mobydick, also known as Lmoutchou, Khansa Batma who illustrated Moroccan rock, singer Fay\u00e7al Azizi, musician and instrumentalist Farid Ghannam, Amazigh group Inouraz, Black Jaguar and the Saharawi fusion collective DaraaTribes.<\/p>\n
Mokoomba from Zimbabwe also performed during the gathering according to Wendy.<\/p>\n
The organisers also said that the purpose of this event was to highlight intercultural exchange in order to create a music market that offers better visibility for artists.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs I said earlier, it was a fruitful meeting and we had workshops and some of the meetings were specifically on collaborations. The performances were also great and gave me an insight on seriousness of artists when performing and stage management,\u201d Wendy said.<\/p>\n
She said she was looking forward to being part of more of such platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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